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This is my first “find the fastest way to this position” chess puzzle” here on PSE. However, this is not for just some random position. Let me explain.
Tim Krabbe has said on his site-(Journal Entry 387)[https://timkr.home.xs4all.nl/chess2/diary.htm]-, that the record, at least in 2013 for the m...
In the Kingdom, there are 7 dragons and 7 dragon slayers.
Each dragon has ($\text{index}\times10000$) hit points (i.e. $10,000\to70,000$).
Each dragon slayer does ($\text{index}\times1000$) damage (i.e. $1,000\to7,000$).
The local King asks the dragon slayers to slay all the dragons.
Each slay...
I encountered this classic brain teaser:
Four people, A, B, C and D need to get across a river. The only way to
cross the river is by an old bridge, which holds at most 2 people at a
time. Being dark, they can't cross the bridge without a torch, of
which they only have one. So each pair...
A fabric is used for a pretty silk dress,
an empire eventually broke under stress,
a language once used one's ideas to express,
a man, head of Reich long before the SS.
What am I?
The following letters all have something in common which may not be obvious at a first glance:
A D H P
No other letters share this attribute.
Hint
More hints may follow if the question is not answered.
You can see me, but you can not look at me.
I can be gone or around for months at a time.
I am middle-aged, but I don't hear you telling me that.
In finnish, I could be yours.
What am I?
Lots of puzzles on this site take some time to solve. Nothing wrong with that, but I'll try to introduce a short puzzle every now and then :)
Gold is my meal; Silver, I free; My colour reveals How my counter did be.
What am I?
Apart from the hint in the title...
Hint 1:
This is a slightly modified version of the Intersection Puzzle introduced by user477343 here.
In this case, you are given a $7 \times 8$ grid with circles and boxes provided in some of the cells.
The aim is to construct a set of rectilinear paths inside the grid with the following rules:
Stand...
Assemble a formula using the numbers $3$, $4$ and $6$ in any order to make 108.
You may use the operations;
$x + y$
$x - y$
$x \times y$
$x \div y$
$x!$
$\sqrt{x}$
$\sqrt[\leftroot{-2}\uproot{2}x]{y}$
$x^y$
Brackets to clarify order of operations "(",")"
Concatenate two or more of the four di...
If
C = 5
N = 2
R = 4
W = 1
P = 9
How much is B?
I make your hair fall
Your heart begins to fall, too
But I don't cut them.
I can be a rock
In some places, I'm some dust
You won't live much more.
Uranium Mines
An underground toxic find
I destroy your brain.
What am I?
Hint is in the title.
Lets say we have 3 chess pieces and we want to find the maximum number of positions possible on a regular 8x8 Chess board. No amount of pieces can be on the same rank or file. How can I approach this problem?
I'm kinda stumped on this and I'd like some help.
My beginning is the beginning of glass
My middle gives you a hand take one,
a slang patriarch, and early college credit.
I end with a downtrodden stone.
What am I?
As usual, please include an explanation for each line in your final answer. I'm not entirely sure if the "kn...
